1* Free Play OVER Rangers/Yankees.

The visitors hand the ball to ace Cole Hamels (8-1, 2.79 ERA) who comes in off a dominant outing vs. the Reds on Wednesday, allowing just one run off five scattered hits over six innings in the 6-4 win. Hamels' peripherals are ugly though and it's now just a matter of time before the baseball gods come back to strike him down as his 1.40 HR/9 and 3.44 BB/9 are both career worsts, while his 4.57 FIP is horrible. Hamels will be opposed by Yanks veteran CC Sabathia, who like his counterpart today, has opened the season strong, but who has also shown some "cracks in the armor." Sabathia (5-4, 2.20 ERA) is approaching 36 years old and while he's been superb to this point, like Hamels there's plenty of tell tale signs that the southpaw is about to take a step back, as his FIP is a full point higher than his ERA and his xFIP (which is considred by most experts as being the best predictor for future ERA) is more than two runs higher. Also note that he's a rather pedestrian 1-2 with a 3.58 ERA in front of the home town crowd this year. We're going to recommend a play on the OVER in this one.

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